Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I have a supplementary question. Can the minister confirm that the Howard government currently supports the rollout of a fibre-to-the-node network in just five major capital cities, leaving the rest of the country to make do with a ‘mix of technologies’? Given the minister’s endorsement of wireless and satellite services, will the minister now commit to connecting her own office, her own home and her own department to the wireless broadband that she intends to deliver to regional and rural Australians as part of the Howard government’s plans? Why doesn’t she put her money where her mouth is and connect her own home and offices?